Reform and teaching: Exploring patterns of practice in the context of national and state mathematics reforms

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-27

  Spillane, James P ^a   Zeuli, John S ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Avon Park Youth Academy   (United States)

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EID: 0033415816     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/01623737021001001     Document Type: Article

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